Lacing-stud.



Patented. sept. 2`4, mm.l

L. L F. H C .H K S. J.

LACING STUD. {Appnc'tion med Apr. 4. 1901.

(No Model.)

@Ullmann Aares PATET Fries.

LAolNe-sruo.

SPEIFICATION forming* part 0f Letters Patent N0. 683,121, dated September 24, 1901.

Application tiled April 4, 1901. Serial No. 54,312. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may con/cern..-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH S. KITGHELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vincennes, in the county of Kno'ic and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lacing-Studs for Shoes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The invention relates to lacing-studs for shoes.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable, and comparatively inexpensive stud of this character which may be easily secured in place and which will obviate the difficulty and annoyance occasioned by the ordinary hook-shaped stud straightening out or bending flat down against the eyelet and which will present a surface which will re duce to a minimum the wear of the shoe-lace.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a portion of a shoe, illustrating one of my improved studs secured thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the stud. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a modified form of the invention.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l designates a portion of a shoe-upper, and 2 is my improved stud secured thereto, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings. The stud consists of a disk or head 3, having a tubular stem 4, a sleeve 5, having a ange 5', a shoulder 9, and an extended end 9. The numeral 6 denotes a ring or roller, loosely mounted on the stern 4. The sleeve 5 is also mounted on the stem, so that the flange 5 thereofapproximates the ring or roller 6, whereby to allow the same to have sufficient play to rotate on the stem between the inner face portion of the head 3 and the outer face portion of the ange 5. The sleeve 5 from the flange to the shoulder 9 is out of contact with the stem 4. The extension 9', however, bears sufficiently on the sleeve 5 to keep the parts intact, so' that the device is ready to be applied without having to pick out the parts separately and place them together. The end 8 of the stem 4 extends some little distance from the end of the extension 9 for a purpose to be presently explained.

To secure my improved stud to the shoe'- upper, I make an eyelet-hole therein. The stem 5 and the sleeve4 are then passed through said eyelet. The material of the upper is then located on the raised portion of the sleeve 5 and against the inner face of the flange 5' thereof. That portion of the stem which lies beneath extension 9 of the sleeve and its extended end 8 is clenched upward, the said extension 9 being forced against the shoulder, whereby said parts are lapped together and the material of said upper is properly secured.

In lacing the shoe the lace is passed around the loose sleeve or roller 6 in the same manner as it is engaged with the ordinary hookstud, and when the ends of the lace are drawn upon the roller will revolve and lessen friction, thus materially increasing the life of the lace. This form of stud is more durable than the ordinary hook-stud, for the reason that it cannot be iiattened down or straightened out, as can an ordinary hook-stud.

In the form shown in Fig. 4 I have constructed the stud in one piece, the general outline or shape of this stud being the same as that shown in the other figures of the drawings.

,From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, l

the construction, mode of operation, and advantages of my improved stud will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanationb Various changes in the form, proportion, and details of construction maybe made within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

I attach importance to the construction of my improved stud whereby the parts are held together by means of the extension 9 of the sleeve. I also attach importance to the shoulder 9 of the sleeve, whereby the stud is read` ily clenched. I further attach importance to the extended end 8 of the stem, as when the IOO sion, the free end of the stem being extended beyond the extension of said sleeve, all constructed and arranged to operate substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit;

messes.

` JOSEPH S. KITCHELL. Vitnesses:

O. W. COLEMAN,

E. G. MCFARLAND. 

